crash-land
verb
ˈkrash-ˈland 
crash-landed; crash-landing; crash-lands
transitive verb
: to land (an airplane or spacecraft) under emergency conditions usually with damage to the craft
intransitive verb
: to crash-land an airplane or spacecraft
crash landing noun
Word History
First Known Use
1941, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
crash-lands
verb
as in alights
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- alights
- lands
- belly-lands
- lights
- touches down
- roosts
- perches
- settles
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- ascends
- rises
- arises
- climbs
- planes
- takes off
- soars
- flies
- floats
- wings
- glides
- blasts off
- hovers
- hangs
- complied
- complied (with)
- complied with
- complier
- compliers
- complies
- complies (with)
- complies with
- compliment
- complimental
- complimentally
- complimentarily
- complimentariness
- complimentary
- complimentary close
- complimented
- complimenter
- complimenters
- complimenting
- compliments
- compliments of
- compline
- complines
- complins
- complished